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Desktop Shortwave receiver
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
HF Transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 80m  40m  20m  15m  10m  80m  40m  20m  15m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? ?
Tuning steps 0.1 / 1 / 5(9) / 10 kHz kHz ? ?

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-30 MHz 10-80 m 10-80 m
Modulations AM   CW   USB   LSB   CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? ?
Filters 7.2 / 6 / 5.7 kHz ? ?
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? ? conversion superheterodyne
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output ? ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - 10-80 m 10-80 m
Modulations - CW   SSB   AM   CW   SSB  
RF-output ? 100 W 200 W

Connections

Antenna SO-239 SO-239 -
Impedance 50 Ω 50 Ω 20/300 Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 13.8V DC or mains 12-14V DC Separate PSU
Current RX 450 mA max ? ?
TX - Max 20 A ?

Physical

Manufactured Between 1995 and 1998 Between 1980 and 198x Between 1968 and 19xx
Dimensions 232 × 89 × 198 mm
(9.13 × 3.50 × 7.80 in)
247 × 95 × 301 mm
(9.72 × 3.74 × 11.85 in)
?
Weight 2.27 kg (5.0 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs) ?
Form factor Base Station Base Station Unknown

Other features

Memories 160 channels in 16 bank(s) ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ¼" Head. Jack, S-Meter, VRIT Tuning, Dial Lamp, Keypad, NB, Fine Tuning, Clock, 5-Event Timer, Scan, Sweep, Standby, Lock, Record Jack, Sleep Timer, Four Tuning Steps. ? ?
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN RADIOSHACK-/-REALISTIC-DX-000394 SWAN-(CUBIC)-000100-MX SWAN-(CUBIC)-000350C